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651 et seq.) authorizes information 

collection by employers as necessary or 

appropriate for enforcement of the OSH 

Act or for developing information 

regarding the causes and prevention of 

occupational injuries, illnesses, and 

accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act 

also requires OSHA to obtain such 

information with a minimum burden 

upon employers, especially those 

operating small businesses, and to 

reduce to the maximum extent feasible 

unnecessary duplication of efforts in 

obtaining said information (29 U.S.C. 

657). 

The Asbestos in Construction 

Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101) protects 

workers from adverse health effects 

arising from workplace exposure to 

asbestos, including lung cancer, 

mesothelioma, asbestosis (an 

emphysema-like condition) and 

gastrointestinal cancer. The standard 

requires employers to monitor worker 

exposure, provide medical surveillance, 

and maintain accurate records of worker 

exposure to asbestos. These records will 

be used by employers, workers, and the 

Government to ensure that workers are 

not harmed by exposure to asbestos in 

the workplace. 

II. Special Issues for Comment 

OSHA has a particular interest in 

comments on the following issues: 

• Whether the proposed information 

collection requirements are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

agency’s functions, including whether 

the information is useful; 

• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of 

the burden (time and costs) of the 

information collection requirements, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• The quality, utility, and clarity of 

the information collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden on 

employers who must comply—for 

example, by using automated or other 

technological information collection 

and transmission techniques. 

III. Proposed Actions 

The agency is requesting an 

adjustment increase of 433,878.37 

burden hours, from, 3,765,456.27 to 

4,199,334.64 hours. There are several 

reasons for this change in burden. 

First, the agency has updated the data 

sources used to estimate the number of 

respondents and unit costs. Second, in 

estimating the change in the number of 

buildings that may contain ACM/PACM, 

the 2018 ICR mistakenly omitted data 

from some years from the calculation. 

Correcting this error increases the 

number of buildings. Because the 

number of buildings is used to calculate 

the number of covered employees, the 

number of covered employees increased 

as a result of this change, increasing 

burden. Finally, this ICR renewal 

switches from using rounded decimal 

estimates of unit burden to unrounded 

fractions (for instance, from 0.08 to 5/60 

for an item with five minutes of 

burden). This has a net effect of 

increasing burden. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Asbestos in Construction 

Standard (29 CFR 1926.1101). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0134. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 1,104,261. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

41,566,377. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

4,199,334.64. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $66,912,839.51. 

IV. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments in 

response to this document as follows: 

(1) Electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by 

facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. 

Please note: While OSHA’s Docket 

Office is continuing to accept and 

process submissions by regular mail, 

due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the 

Docket Office is closed to the public and 

not able to receive submissions to the 

docket by hand, express mail, 

messenger, and courier service. All 

comments, attachments, and other 

material must identify the agency name 

and the OSHA docket number (Docket 

No. OSHA–2012–0002) for the ICR. You 

may supplement electronic submissions 

by uploading document files 

electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so that the 

agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Due to security procedures, the use of 

regular mail may cause a significant 

delay in the receipt of comments. 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions commenters about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and dates of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through this website. 

All submissions, including 

copyrighted material, are available for 

inspection and copying at the OSHA 

Docket Office. Information on using the 

http://www.regulations.gov website to 

submit comments and access the docket 

is available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at 

(202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) 

for information about materials not 

available through the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Acting Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, directed the 

preparation of this notice. The authority 

for this notice is the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 

et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order 

No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on June 15, 

2021. 

James S. Frederick, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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ADMINISTRATION 

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TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday, 

June 24, 2021. 

PLACE: Due to the COVID–19 Pandemic, 

the meeting will be open to the public 

via live webcast only. Visit the agency’s 

homepage (www.ncua.gov) and access 

the provided webcast link. 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

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2. NCUA Rules and Regulations, 

Current Expected Credit Loss 

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3. NCUA Rules and Regulations, 

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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

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the Board, Telephone: 703–518–6304. 

Melane Conyers-Ausbrooks, 

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